“Dunkirk” is the film
being shown at the Epsom Public Library movie matinee on Wednesday,
March 21 at 1:30. This epic action movie depicts the historic
evacuation of Allied soldiers from the British Empire and France who
were cut off and surrounded by German forces from the beaches and
harbor of Dunkirk, France in 1940. Hundreds of small boats
manned by both military and civilians mounted a desperate rescue
mission. It is said that the 400,000 couldn’t get home so home
came for them.
Letter To The Editor
Are you retired or
semi-retired? Are you in a position where you could give a little of
your time? The time commitment is small or whatever you want it to
be, but the need is great. The Epsom/Chichester Lions are looking
for great and talented people to join them in serving our local
communities.
Some of our present
projects are helping at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway, awarding a
college scholarship to a deserving Epsom and Chichester high school
senior, helping at the annual “Blind Walk” in Concord, helping at
the Special Olympic games in Durham, operating the “Kidsight”
eye screening program in our local schools and day care centers,
conducting our annual “pot of gold” raffle, and of course operating
the concession booth highlighting our famous French Fries at Epsom
Old Home Days.
Many of these activities
fund the programs that we offer to our local communities, such as
providing free to low-cost eye and hearing exams as well as glasses
and hearing aids to people in need, providing funds to train dogs
for those, who because of impairments with vision, hearing,
P.T.S.D., need the aid of a well-trained dog, as well as helping
financially local charities in need.
In order for these
programs to continue, it is important that we continue to grow to
meet these requests. If you have an interest to join and be part of
an international organization with a strong vision for serving our
local communities, please join us for an informational meeting on
Thursday April 5th at 6:30 pm at the Chichester Library. Long time
members will be there to answer any and all questions with no
obligation to join. I assure you that you will be surprised to see
how much your Epsom/Chichester Lions are doing. See you there!
Tom Langlais
Letter
To my constituents in
Allenstown, Epsom, and Pittsfield,
This week, the House met
in session for a day and a half - it had been planned for three, but
snow happened. Two motions to suspend the rules failed: one,
144-178, to introduce an anti-bump stock bill, and the other,
191-125 (needing 2/3) to introduce an anti offshore drilling
resolution. One passed, to move the deadline for bills not voted on
to March 15. HB 1668, a self-proclaimed nanny state bill to prevent
soda being served in children’s meals, was killed, 292-39. HB 1582,
allowing a random recount to verify the machine count of ballots,
was debated and killed, 195-139. Considering how many official
recounts we have most years, this seems redundant.
There was no debate on my
committee’s first set of bills, so we passed HB 1315, 205-118,
prevent university funds from being used to fight union organizing;
HB 1427, allowing the Manchester superintendant of schools to opt
out of the retirement system as long as Manchester paid towards the
unfunded liability; and HB 1624, 195-138, which added a second tie
breaker of higher wages to state procurement.
Also without debate, we
passed CACR 15, 309-9, which restores taxpayers’ right to sue
government without being specifically harmed. HB1307, which requires
public hearings on default budgets in SB2 towns, passed without
debate, on a voice vote. HB 1270, allowing use of mobile devices
when stopped, was debated and killed, 232-99. I voted for it as a
sensible option.
HB 1685, my committee’s
bill on occupational oversight, was debated, not killed, 154-170,
then passed, 177-148. This is important to me because we have a
patchwork of licensing laws, with requirements, training, and
penalties for two similar professions sometimes being very
different. A separate commission to review these laws will help
coordinate these and possibly reduce some regulations.
Representative Carol
McGuire
[email protected]
782-4918
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